Living in Creativity
- Creativity is something that ‘happens’ in a certain state of mind.
- When there is an inner silence – even amidst challenges possibly – certain flashes occur.
- We need to let go of all fear or anxiety to arrive at this state.
- Creativity cannot be a means to an end.
- Such concerns as to become famous or successful, to gain respectability or social esteem etc come in the way of inner silence.
- The pressure to earn a living and provide for our dependents also is opposed to living in true creativity.
- True creativity is when the ‘I, me and my’ are suspended.
- It takes place when the ‘tomorrow’ does not bother us.
- When comparison (with others) stops and the desire to be superior subsides, creativity is facilitated.
- Psychological time (the distance between ‘what I am’ and ‘what I should be’) disappears making way to creativity.
- A vast silence is the backdrop of the burst of new energy.
- True creativity transforms us into fine human beings. It is not limited to mere inventions of science or creations of literature.
Swami Chidananda
Monday, June 16, 2003